Busted vs Busied - What's the difference?
busted | busied |
(often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust .
(slang) Broke; having no money.
(slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.
* 2009 , , “New Year” (essay), in The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You , ISBN 9781458775856, ReadHowYouWant.com (2010),
(slang) Extremely ugly.
* 2004 July 30, "Ms Pnoopie Pnats" (username), "talking about hot or not...", in alt.support.shyness, Usenet :
(slang) Tired.
(slang) Broken.
(bust)
(busy)
Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
* Shakespeare
Engaged in another activity or by someone else.
Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
Officious; meddling.
* 1603 , , IV. ii. 130:
To make somebody busy , to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.
* On my vacation I'll busy myself with gardening.
To rush somebody.
A police officer.
As verbs the difference between busted and busied
is that busted is past tense of bust while busied is past tense of busy.As an adjective busted
is having a certain type of bust breasts; cleavage.busted
English
Etymology 1
See bust (Etymology 1)Adjective
(en adjective)Etymology 2
See (Etymology 2)Adjective
(en adjective)- I'd like to help you, but I'm busted .
- I saw you take that cookie from the cookie jar! You're busted !
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- Plus, to be honest, the look on his face when he realized how very busted they were was worth far more than the fifty dollars I paid for their dinner.
- She was cute, but all her friends were busted .
- ok this gals bod is hot but her face is busted
Synonyms
* (tired)Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *busied
English
Verb
(head)busy
English
Adjective
(er)- a busy street
- To-morrow is a busy day.
- The director cannot see you now, he's busy .
- Her telephone has been busy all day.
- She is too busy to have time for riddles.
- Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.
- I will be hanged if some eternal villain, / Some busy and insinuating rogue, / Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, / Have not devised this slander; I'll be hanged else.
